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Agency Provides Super Bowl Fare for Troops

By Nick SistrunDefense Logistics Agency Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4, 2011  Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support will help to add to this year’s Super Bowl experience for deployed service members by providing U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan all the wings, pizza and chili they can handle.

Soldiers watch Super Bowl XLIV at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Feb 8, 2010. This year, the Defense Logistics Agency is providing U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan all the wings, pizza and chili they can handle on Super Bowl Sunday. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Wellner(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available.

As deployed troops in remote locations watch the Steelers and Packers square off, they can feast on french fries, jalapeno poppers with cheddar and cream cheese, chicken wings, onion rings and nonalcoholic beer.

“We cannot do enough to say thank you to our deployed men and women in uniform sacrificing and serving to protect our way of life here in America,” said Richard Ellis, acting commander of DLA Troop Support. “It is our pleasure and honor to serve them up some familiar fare so they can have a full Super Bowl experience before they continue on their mission.”